The Wolf of Wall Street: From the Prosecutor’s Seat

When did Jordan Belfort, “The Wolf of Wall Street,” make the majority of his money committing fraud? According to former U.S. Attorney Joel M. Cohen, Belfort’s fraudulent activities picked up dramatically in 1994, after he was charged with securities fraud and barred from brokering by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

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Taking the Plunge Into the Anti-Fraud Profession

Taking the Plunge Into the Anti-Fraud Profession

How do you make a career fighting fraud? This question formed the focus of a panel discussion among key anti-fraud experts on Tuesday at the 25th Annual ACFE Fraud Conference. Introduced and moderated by Bruce Dubinsky, CFE, CPA, CVA, CFF, managing director at Duff and Phelps, LLC, the panel covered a lot of ground and answered questions from the audience about making inroads into the profession.

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Martin Kenney Passionately Describes Fraud Recovery Efforts

Martin Kenney Passionately Describes Fraud Recovery Efforts

“I bear witness to how many human beings I cannot count — I have seen their confidence taken from them, their sense of being, their sense of self demolished by deceit, trickery and the most unethical forms of human conduct imaginable,” said Martin S. Kenney, a fraud recovery specialist, in his impassioned keynote address during the Tuesday morning General Session.

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